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Pattern Formation in a Tunable Medium: The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction in an Aerosol OT Microemulsion
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Pattern Formation in a Tunable Medium: The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction in an Aerosol OT Microemulsion

Vladimir K Vanag and Irving R Epstein
Physical review letters, Vol.87(22), pp.228301-228301-4
11/2001
PMID: 11736430

Abstract

Pattern Formation Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction AOT microemulsion Tunable Medium
Turing structures, standing waves, oscillatory clusters, and accelerating waves have been found in the spatially extended Belousov-Zhabotinsky system dispersed in water droplets of a reverse AOT microemulsion. The variety of patterns is determined by the tunable microstructure of the medium, i.e., by the concentration and size of water droplets. We propose a simple model to describe this system.

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